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DFDS
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DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company. The company's name is an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally The United Steamship Company). DFDS was founded in 1866, when C.F. Tietgen merged the three biggest Danish steamship companies of that day.
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DFDS A/S is a company established on December 11, 1866. It operates a European network for cruises and ferries, allowing customers to plan and book crossings.
The organization is located in København Ø, Denmark. Its legal jurisdiction is Denmark, and its current status is active.
Synthesized by Vinony from 9 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- DFDS A/S
- Company.logo
- DFDS logo 2015.svg
- Company.image
- DFDS Sunkrogsgade.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Copenhagen
- Company.type
- Aktieselskab
- Company.founder
- Carl Frederik Tietgen
- Company.location_city
- Copenhagen
- Company.location_country
- Denmark
- Company.locations
- 20 countries in Europe
- Company.industry
- Shipping and logistics
- Company.services
- Freight transport (over sea, land and rail), ferry cruises, logistics.
- Company.revenue
- (2021)
- Company.operating_income
- (2021)
- Company.net_income
- (2021)
- Company.assets
- (2021)
- Company.equity
- (2021)
- Company.owner
- Lauritzen Foundation 42.8%
- Company.num_employees
- 14,000 (2024)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Esbjerg Municipality
- Founded by
- Carl Frederik Tietgen
- Headquarters
- Copenhagen
- Owned by
- shareholder
- Industry
- shipping line
- Employees
- 14121
- Revenue
- 29753000000
- Stock exchange
- Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S
- Legal form
- aktieselskab
- Official website
- www.dfds.com
- Image
- DFDS House.jpg
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- Commons category
- DFDS
- topic's main category
- Category:DFDS
- inception
- 1866-12-11
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